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United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1948

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954,398

Start date
  
November 2, 1948

52.95%
  
46.43%

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1948

Winner
  
Leverett Saltonstall

The United States Senate election of 1948 in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1948, with Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall defeating his challengers.

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Democratic

  • John I. Fitzgerald, former member of the Boston City Council.
  • Francis D. Harrigan - Boston attorney
  • Joseph A. Langone, Jr. - Boston Election Commissioner and a former member of the Massachusetts Senate.
  • John D. Lynch - Mayor of Cambridge from 1936-1938
  • Richard M. Russell, member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district from 1935-1937 and the Mayor of Cambridge from 1930-1936.

    • Republican

  • Leverett Saltonstall - United States Senator since 1945. Governor of Massachusetts from 1939-1945.

    • Socialist Workers

  • Henning A. Blomen - Candidate for the US Senate in 1948, Governor of Massachusetts in 1938, 1940, 1942, and 1944, Lt. Governor of Massachusetts in 1936, and Massachusetts Auditor in 1934.

    • Prohibition

  • E. Tallmadge Root - Prohibition Party candidate for US Senator in 1944 and Governor of Massachusetts in 1940.

    • References

    United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1948 Wikipedia
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